Desert "monster"
The crossword clue "Desert "monster"" is answered by GILA, a 4-letter entry. Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
GILA
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the GILA answer page.
Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for GILA
Every other clue in this collection answered by GILA, most used first.
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- ___ monster (lizard) - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
- ___ monster (large lizard) - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
- River to the Colorado - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Kind of monster - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
- Colorado tributary - used 17 times, most recently in 2021
- __ monster (Arizona lizard) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ monster (venomous lizard) - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Tributary of the Colorado. - used 13 times, most recently in 2017
- Colorado feeder - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
- ___ monster (big lizard) - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- "Monster" that's really a lizard - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- River into the Colorado. - used 8 times, most recently in 1968
- River of Arizona - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Type of monster - used 8 times, most recently in 2011
- Colorado River feeder - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Colorado River tributary - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
- Lizard. - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Southwestern river - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Coolidge Dam river - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
- Coolidge Dam's river - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- __ monster (Southwestern lizard) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
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- Asian desert - GOBI, used 145 times
- Dry as a desert - ARID, used 121 times
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